Culinary implement.



w. DUPR.

UULINARY IMPLBMENT.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 4, 1909.

Patented Aug. 16,1910.

NVENTOR i ATTE( y WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILFRED DUPR, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CULINARY IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILFRED DUPR, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Vorcester, Massachusetts, have in vented certainnew and useful Improve ments in Culinary Implements, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a culinary implement and particularly to acombined egg beater and lamp chimney cleaner, in which a rotary shaft isprovided for the purpose of operating beater blades or for carryingwipers for cleaning a lamp chimney, novel means being provided forattaching the shaft to the blades or to a wiper.

An object of this invention is to produce a novel form of blade producedfrom a single piece of metal and having novel means for attachment withthe shaft in order that the blade may be readily applied or removed fromthe said shaft.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel cover for achimney or receptacle, such as a bottle with which the shaft is to coactand the invention further contemplates the provision of novel meanswithin the handle for operating the shaft.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which-Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of an egg beater', the handlethereof being in section; Fig. 2, illustrates a View similar to thatshown in Fig. 1, except that the beater blades are removed and a wiperis substituted therefor; Fig. 3, illustrates a perspective view of acap; Fig. 4 illustrates a View in elevation of the beater blades; andFig. 5 illustrates a plan view of a clip. Fig. 6 illustrates a plan viewof a sliding sleeve or ring.

In these drawings 1, indicates a hollow handle having a ferrule 2,. onthe end, apertured to receive the worm shaft 3, the said worm shaftcomprising two lengths of wire twisted on each other. The worm shaft inso far as its construction in the main is concerned, is of ordinarytype, but as to detail it differs from the ordinary type in pSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug 16 1919. Application filedMay 4, 1909.

Serial No. 493,950.

that the ends of the lengths of wire 4t and 5 forming the shaft areprovided respectively with a loop forming an eye 6, and an angular end7, adapted to enter the eye 6. The

vhollow handle is provided with a spring 1,

having its lower end anchored to the ferrule `2. The shaft 3, extendsthrough the spring `resiliency of the wires causes them to move fartherapart to allow the attachment of the blade 9 or the wiper 18. In theproduction of an egg beater, blades 9 and 10 `are attached lto theshaft, the said blades being formed of lengths of wire, the two ends 11and 12 of which lie parallel and are `adapted to be embraced by thesleeve 8,

when the blades and shaft are in assembled relation. As fullyillustrated, the blades have an integral loop 13, forming an eye andwhen the ends 11 and 12 are lying parallel with the shaft and are heldby the sleeve 8, the end 7, of the wire 5, projects into the eye formedby the loop 13. By this ar- .rangement of parts the shaft and blade areheld together and the angular end 7 will also pass through the eye 6, inorder that the loop of the blade may be clamped between the wires 1 and5.

Alcap 14, is provided through which the shaft extends and the said capis designed to fit on a receptacle `or bottle. A clip 15, has ears 15a,and the said clip is provided with two merging apertures 16 and 17 inwhich the shaft is slidable and rotatable. The clip may retain t-he capon the handle as illustrated in Fig. 1, or the clip may be detached fromthe handle as shown in Fig. 2.

When the shaft is to be utilized in connection with a wi er such asshown at 18, the angular end g, of the shaft extends through the fiberof the wiper and into the eye 6, the ends of the shaft being held toclamp the fiber by the sliding sleeve 8. A manipulation of the handle ineither of the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, will result in a rotation ofthe shaft, and hence the said shaft and its operating mechanism may havea double use, that is to say it may be employed in connection withblades to form an egg beater, or with the blades detached and the wiperapplied thereto, it may be utilized as a lamp chimney cleaner.

I claim- 1. In a culinary instrument, a worm shaft comprising twolengths of wire having resiliently movable, normally parallel spacedapart portions, means for contracting said spaced apart portions, amember held by said portions when the same are contracted, and means forrotating said wire shaft.

2. In a culinary instrument, a wire shaft comprising two lengths of wirehaving resiliently movable, normally parallel spaced apart portionsadapted to interlock, means for contracting said portions whereby theends are held in interlocked engagement, a member held by saidinterlocked ends, and means for rotating the shaft.

3. In a culinary implement, a worm shaft comprising two lengths of wirehaving their lower portions lying normally parallel and provided withmovably disposed interlocking connections, means for holding the ends ininterlocked engagement, means for ro` tating the worm shaft, and amember held on the lower end of the worm shaft and rotated therewith.

4. In a culinary implement, a shaft comprising two lengths of twistedwire having their lower portions lying-parallel and provided withinterlocking connections, a sleeve slidable on the parallel portions ofthe wires, a beater having extensions lying parallel with the worm shaftand engaged by the sleeve thereof, the said beater having an eye engagedby the interlocking connections of the wire, and means for rotating theworm shaft.

5. In a culinary implement, a handle, a worm shaft, a cap thereon, aclip on the cap adapted to engage the handle, and a member on the lowerend of the worm shaft taking motion from the worm shaft.

6. In a culinary implement, a worm shaft comprising two lengths of wiretwisted together for a portion of their lengths and having portionslying parallel, a sleeve on the parallel portions, a loop on the end ofone wire forming an eye, an angular portion on the other wire adapted toenter the eye, beaters having parallel portions clamped by the sleeve,and a portion engaged by the angular end of one wire and the loopforming the eye of the other wire, and means for rotating the wormshaft.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

wILFRED Duran. lVitnesscs O. A. TAFT, lV. E. OLIVER.

